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Chapter 168 Breakthrough

By late May, the situation in Yanjing gradually stabilized, and the Jin soldiers almost emptied all their assets. From Linhuang Mansion to Wuguo City, there were not many soldiers left in Shangjing City. In addition, all the Jurchen tribes were urgently dispatched. As long as the men from fifteen to sixty were not disabled, they would force them to join the army. In this way, together with the Han Khitan, they barely gathered up more than 100,000 troops, which was far from enough for attack, and it was more than enough for defense.

Zong Han was the powerful marshal who followed Wanyan Agu to fight back. Not only was he more decisive than ordinary people on the battlefield, but his judgment on the overall situation on the battlefield was also far beyond ordinary people.

Qu Duan led the army and came to the city of Yanjing. Zong Han knew that Hebei must not be defended. His plan was to abandon Hebei and restore the favorable terrain that Liao Kingdom had the natural danger of Yanjing. Xutu restored it and then slowly negotiated with the Song people in the future. The most important thing at present is to allow Wanyan Zongbi's tens of thousands of remaining soldiers to successfully escape back to Yanjing.

He was clear-headed, but he had no choice but to lure the enemy into the depths. He deliberately abandoned the periphery when the Song army was approaching Yanjing, trying to attract Quduan's army to go deeper, and then defeated the enemy in one fell swoop. However, Quduan was very experienced and knew that the Jurchen cavalry in Shangjing and Yanjing had the power to fight, so he fought steadily. He did not go straight in just because the enemy abandoned the defense and built a defense fortress along the way. Hundreds of thousands of troops were continuous and he was unwilling to make a rash progress.

Zong Han could not imagine that he had to gather tens of thousands of elite cavalry. He first sent envoys to secretly contact Zongbi, the two armies were not far apart, and the Song army in the south had not yet encircled. He suggested that Zong Bi send a small number of cavalry to guard the Huazhou area of ​​Xiangzhou to attract the elite cavalry from Yue Fei's troops. Then Zong Han forced the defense line of Quduan troops to support Zongbi back.

Zong Bi defeated Yingchang first. Then he was defeated on the Yellow River line. His subordinates lost all their might and could no longer stand fighting. If the Jurchen cavalry had not been very barbaric and were in desperate situations and were still fighting, the Han army and Khitan soldiers he had assembled would have collapsed on the whole line long ago.

Yue Fei first crossed the Yellow River and attacked very quickly. The Jin soldiers followed the prime minister and slipped into several states to build defense lines. The Song army was all cavalry, and the lack of siege equipment was relatively delayed Yue Fei's advance.

Zong Bi knew in his heart that the only chance to escape from the place of life was that Yue Fei had not yet arrived at Daming. Han Shizhong's troops had never taken over Hejian and Enzhou to encircle Daming.

If it comes to that time, even if Zong Han can completely defeat Qu Duan, he may not be able to save him.

Because of this, after receiving Zong Han's secret letter, Zong Bi knew that at this time, the other party would not deliberately frame him because of his own opinions. He immediately summoned Wanyan Zongxian and suddenly joined the two sect kings, and then Balisu, Wanyan Huowo and other ten thousand households to discuss together.

Wanhu Wanyan Yinshu was a veteran who followed Zong Wang and Zong Han to fight together. The Jin soldiers went south for the first time. Yinshu followed Wanyan Loushi and others to go to Chang'an, Taiyuan and make great achievements. However, this veteran was not Zong Bi's confidant, so he arranged to guard Xiangzhou and other places, whether he was alive or alive, but he didn't care about him.

The weather was gloomy. A burst of thunder rumbling across the sky, and several lightnings slashed down, illuminating Zong Bi's face as pale as if it were.

Zong Bi was upset and felt extremely hot and sweat beads as big as soybeans on his forehead rolled down.

Seeing that Zong Xian and others had already arrived, Zong Bi raised his hand and said in a muffled voice: "You can pass on Zong Han's letter."

Everyone took the letter, but they saw that the letter was covered with blood and mud. Thunderstorms have been going on these days. The roads are muddy. The person who sent the letter was obviously fighting and running away. I don’t know how to hit the fortune, so that I can get here.

Xin was written using the Jurchen characters invented by Wanyan Xiyin. Although everyone was a martial artist, they could only know everything. After reading it, Zong Xian and others had nothing to say. They said at the moment: "It can only be done."

Wanyan Huo's daughter was the son of Lou Shi. Her father was known as the most wise general of the Jurchens. She made great contributions to conquer Liao and Song. He regarded him very well. He also followed his father to fight in the east and west, killing and fighting everywhere, and was invincible. At this time, he saw that the royal princes like Zong Bi were so miserable, which made him feel that they were burning inside and unable to bear it.

Someone wanted to say a few words to boost morale and turned to look at everyone, but he felt that everyone in front of him was like mud-tied wood sculptures, and was lifeless.

Even Zong Bi's face was only seen with the word "despair". Wanyan Huo's heart sank. After all, she was young and energetic. She couldn't bear it for a while, and she was actually blinking tears.

Zong Bi and others saw it clearly, and they were all sad. Zong Bi claimed to be very proud of himself. Zong Han was old and Wanyan Chang and others were greedy for pleasure. Therefore, when Zong Wang and others died, they held hands and ordered to entrust the military power of the Jin Kingdom to him. Unexpectedly, after a few years, they fell step by step. Now, they had to give up the thousands of miles of land they had worked hard to conquer. The benefits were not lost. Instead, they lost their troops and fled back in a panic. Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel sad.

Zongxian finally couldn't bear it, looked at Zong Bi with a slant, and then sighed, "Oh, if Zong Wang was there or Lou Shi was there, we would definitely not have fallen to such a level."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Wanyan Huo's girl couldn't help crying. Zong Bi was irritated and said, "What's the use of saying these things now? Since everyone has no objection, let's do as Zong Han said!"

His prestige is not as good as before, and he is no longer as powerful as the command of the three armies to follow. Moreover, his son-in-law was killed in battle and his kidnapped horses were almost lost. He did not have a real army in his hands. In terms of breaking through, he could only rely on his brothers and all the ten thousand households. When it came to this point, he had to endure ridicule from others. Even if he successfully fled back to Shangjing, he would be afraid that he would have a chance to lead the troops alone in the future.

Thinking of this, Zong Bi smiled bitterly and murmured: "I'm afraid I still have the worries of the country!"

After all, he was the commander of the first army and his knowledge was far higher than others. Before he was defeated, he was a little arrogant and did not take the ability of the Song army in the field. After the defeat, after these days, Zong Bi knew in his heart that the Jin soldiers at this time were not only not the opponents of the Song army, but also defended along the Yanjing Great Wall, he might not be able to defend the attack of the 600,000 Song Dynasty imperial guards.

The Jin Dynasty started out as a small country. At first, it was only two thousand soldiers of the Wanyan tribe. Later, the Liao Dynasty advanced in a large-scale manner. Wanyan Aguda persuaded more than 20,000 Jurchen soldiers to fight with the interests of all Jurchens. Later, the Liao Dynasty defeated the Song Dynasty and sent troops to fight. The Jurchen soldiers gradually increased to nearly 100,000. All of them were because of the expedition, which could reap a lot of benefits. The beauty of gold and silver, rare treasures, Han slave craftsmen, after Zhao Huan fled, the war became more and more difficult, and the casualties became more and more serious.

The benefits of land are getting worse day by day. In the past two years, it has been extremely difficult for the Jurchens to draw girls. With the current situation, Zong Han fought for his life in Shangjing and could only draw 50,000 or 60,000 people. In addition, the more than 40,000 remaining soldiers here are only more than 100,000. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the 100,000 Jurchens were enough to sweep the world. At this time, most of the elite soldiers who could fight were killed in battle. The combat power of the 100,000 people was far less than that of the past. The opponent's national strength was far greater than that of his own side. The more troops they fought, the stronger the soldiers were.

The sorrow of a small country is that it can win again and again, but it will definitely not withstand a major failure. One failure is enough to destroy the country. The one that supports the Jin Dynasty is naturally the powerful Jurchen knights. The fishing and hunting career of Baishan and Black Water made the Jurchens strong and persevering, and they are skilled in riding and shooting, and they can form an army when they get on horseback. At this time, the defeat of the war, the elite among the Jurchen soldiers were completely lost, and the pillars of this country have been shaken, and there are still hundreds of thousands of troops of all races. In the case where the Jurchen soldiers are not enough to support the country, it is natural to know how loyal they are to this new barbarian small country.

When Zong Bi thought of this, he became more and more anxious. He was no better than Zong Han. The other party just saw the local military newspaper in Shangjing, but he himself saw the bravery and death battle of the Song army on the battlefield. If he stood in front of Zong Han now, he would definitely persuade the counter-attack the troops immediately, give up Yanjing, give up the Sixteen Prefectures, and give up the territory of the Great Liao. All the Jurchens retreated to their original territory and dealt with the Song army in Baishan and Black Water until the other party's national strength was consumed, making the other party unable to bear the long-term sweeping war, and then Xu Tu recovered.

Outside the window was lightning and thunder, and the rain curtain covered the entire sky. The sky and the earth were dim, and the drops of water gathered into water curtains, which were sprinkled in front of Zong Bi from the green eaves. However, the Jurchen soldiers under the hall did not rush to hide, but slowly led the war horses of thousands of households and princes to hide from the rain. However, they let the rain wet their bodies, but they were laughing and laughing, not taking the heavy rain in their eyes.

Although the north of the Yellow River is in the Han area, it is still the residence of the Southern Barbarians in the eyes of the Jin people. It is humid and hot and hot, and the heat is unbearable. The sultry weather and the unfavorable war, the Jin soldiers stationed near Daming Prefecture were filled with a sense of suffocation from top to bottom.

"Okay, no need to say anything more. Everyone should rectify the organization now. Throw away what should be thrown away, and the whole army will march lightly."

He hesitated for a moment and said decisively: "Stay the wounded soldiers here, don't take them."

Seeing that everyone looked ugly, Zong Bi stood with his hands behind his back and said nothing. In any case, he was still the commander of the army, Deputy Marshal Shen Wang, and even the brothers of Zong Xian and others.

Seeing Zong Bi so persistent, everyone knew that bringing the wounded only affected the speed of the march. Looking at the sky was dim in the distance, although it was still dark in the afternoon, the room was already dark and wanted to hold the lights. At that moment, they had to agree and disperse and not mention it.

Zong Bi's own direct troops had already lost seven or eight. Only more than a hundred personal soldiers who had followed him for many years were still there. When they heard that they were about to break through and return to the north, the personal soldiers were extremely excited. Although they knew that the Song army ahead was tightly encircled, everyone was overjoyed and dispersed in preparation for their luggage. They put the military messages collected by Zong Bi in abnormality, so they simply stopped updating. They were very embarrassed.
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